her poem. In her poem‚ “We Real Cool‚ Brooks illustrates the idea that although certain decisions may yield a moment of satisfaction‚ wisdom and longevity are what create a happy individual in a long run through her use of rhyme‚ repetition and alliteration. Brooks’ selection of rhymes helps to set the rhythm of a jazz mood. Several rhymes provide a rhythmical tool for generating a beat to her tale. Her repetition of rhyming words close together adds unity to the poem. By placing the one syllable
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because Hughes decided to use cacophony and alliterations all the way through “Wind” to portray the power of the wind hitting humanity. The use of cacophony in the third verse‚ “Through the brunt wind that dented the balls of my eyes” the author really accentuates the strength of the storm. Also through the use of hard and harsh sounds like [b]‚ which is a voiced plosive sound‚ and [k] which is a guttural sound. An excellent example to show an alliteration that has both the [b] and [k] sounds is: “A
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to evoke. b) I think the subject matter is a bird in a bare tree‚ at dusk. (98) Question 2 a) Techniques used in this poem are: • Alliteration “bare branch” (Line 1) • Assonance “rook roosts” (Line 2) “autumn dusk” (Line 3) • “Kigo” – a word stating or suggesting a season “autumn” (Line 3) b) The alliteration of “b” creates a cold‚ lonely sound. The assonance of “roo” and “u” evokes the cry of a bird‚ deepening the melancholic and sad effect. The
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also an example of alliteration. The next line reads‚ “no one dares overtake”. It is using the strong word dares‚ instead of just saying no one overtakes‚ to highlight the danger in trying to overtake while the traffic is grouped and crowded. Foulcher then writes‚ “Sunlight scrawls through the dust and the fumes‚ and shadows slap at the edge of the grass”. This contains several important writing devices. “Sunlight scrawls” and “Shadows slap” are both examples of alliteration‚ which makes them
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panels of the quilt are heartsick because she cries into the quilt at night when she would miss her grandmother. One of Parker’s alliteration phrases is‚ “I snapped beans into the silver bowl”(1). The s- sounds in snapped and silver and the b- sounds in beans and bowl are being emphasized. “…that sat on the splintering slats” (2)‚ is another example of alliteration. An example of assonance in the poem is seen here: “…of the
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praising for the country and express Mackellar’s deep relationship and passion with her land. Mackellar attains this response from the audience by using numerous language techniques such as; Juxtaposition‚ personification‚ sound patterns including alliteration and assonance‚ imagery‚ and paradox. The use of first person throughout the whole poem suggests that the theme of this poem has been evoked by personal experience. Mackellar introduces the idea of Australia’s distinctiveness firstly in the opening
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written in many different methods which allow readers to perceptibly understand its many aspects. The poet’s vivid description creates imagery to better stimulate the agony of a wretched wanderer. It is written with many uses of assonance along with alliteration. It also has two different points of view‚ one is the wanderer and the other is the narrator. Beyond that‚ the poet expresses the complex issues within the poem through a simplified form. With the use of such literary devices the poem precisely
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man is destroying it. The aggressive stutter of the alliterated ‘b’ sets the mood of this poem and emphasises Wright’s deep concern for nature’s suffering. These techniques are repeated in ‘Train Journey’‚ “your delicate dry breasts”. The use of alliteration and personification of the hills being describes as “dry” suggests that the hills have no nutrients left in them to provide life for the soil. These techniques highlight her true love for nature and her country. Rich and vital images are successfully
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Eve Merriam‚ she talk about the theme of how everyone is unique‚ and no one will ever be just like us. She uses alliteration and metaphor to expound on her theme. I have also reached a time in my life where I appreciate my uniqueness. The poem "Thumbprint" discloses the festivity of being a unique individual. The poet demonstrates the speaker’s thumb’s separateness by using alliteration like “whorls‚ whirls‚ wheels." These descriptions show us how the thumbprint is unique unto it‚ and permit the
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is born.” Yeats clearly suggests the points he is trying to get across to the reader. The oxymoron “terrible beauty” is used to show just how terrible but also how beautiful the result of the rising was. The use of sibilance “so sensitive” and alliteration “casual comedy” and “What is it but nightfall?/ No‚ no ‚no not night” help the reader to visualise what Yeats I trying to show. Yeats uses a stone in a stream as a metaphor for how stubborn the people who supported the Easter rising were‚ but this
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